描述患有可能无法治愈的癌症的幸存者:仔细观察新兴人口
Shivani Sharma1,2, Jennifer Dahne2,3, Lisa Gallicchio4
1Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.
JCO oncology practice
|December 5, 2025
概括
确定患有晚期癌症的个体对于改善护理至关重要. 这项研究建议专注于不治愈的治疗意图,无论阶段如何,以更好地识别和支持这个不断增长的患者群体.
科学领域:
- 在瘤学瘤学.
- 癌症的生存率 癌症的生存率
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
背景情况:
- 患有晚期和转移性癌症的个体,以延长生命的意图接受治疗的人口正在增加.
- 这种不断增长的亚群体将癌症视为慢性疾病,呈现出独特的生存挑战和需求.
- 现有的指导方针涉及优质的幸存者护理,但对这一群体缺乏明确的定义.
研究的目的:
- 为了解决对于可能患有无法治愈的晚期和转移性癌症的个体缺乏术语明确性的问题.
- 确定一个一致的定义,以促进研究和改善对这一群体的临床护理.
- 探索在电子健康记录和癌症登记册中识别这一子组的策略.
主要方法:
- 分析目前用于晚期癌症患者的术语和定义.
- 探索癌症阶段 (晚期/转移) 和治疗意图 (治愈/非治愈) 之间的差异.
- 根据治疗目标提出定义特征的建议.
主要成果:
- 对于可能患有无法治愈的晚期癌症的人来说,缺乏明确,一致的定义,阻碍了研究和临床护理.
- 治疗意图 (非治愈性,延长生命) 被提出为基本的定义特征,不论解剖阶段.
- 讨论了从电子健康记录和癌症登记册中识别这一群体的新兴策略.
结论:
- 对于可能患有无法治愈的晚期癌症的人来说,确立一个精确的定义至关重要.
- 专注于非治愈性治疗意图,无论阶段如何,提供了一种一致的方式来定义这一群体.
- 需要改进识别方法,以推进研究和为晚期癌症幸存者提供临床护理.
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